horse Colors: White

White Horses

Technically there is no such thing as a white horse.

Horses that are white in color are either Gray horses, a very light palomino, Champaign or one of the double cream gene colors such as Cremello or Perlino. To tell these apart: Gray horses have dark skin under their hair (look at the nose), whereas the others have pink skin. Also, a gray or a palomino usually has normal colored eyes, whereas cremello or pelinos often have blue eyes.

This palomino horse is so light in color that he could easily be mistaken for a gray. If it weren't for the dark skin around his nose, he might even be mistaken for one of the cream gene colors.

This gray mare is about as white a horse as you're ever going to see, but was born a different color and gradually turned white over the course of her life.

This cremello horse is white in body color, but has pink skin underneath, creating a kind of metallic sheen to the body.